I Just Ran Into Stephen Glass.

by Little Miss Attila on February 27, 2009

The poor dear does mean well, but he invited me to (1) do coke, and (2) gang-rape a college girl.

I had to explain, very gently, that many women—those who think they are anti-feminist, those who are merely equity feminists, and those who are FMJ capital-F Feminists—aren’t down with rape. Furthermore, I told him, those of us who have allergies and pulmonary issues are not interested in cocaine, as a general rule.

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He must be nuts. Getting worse even, spiraling down. He just can’t help himself. He should just resign himself to writing fiction, and be happy with that.
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here’s an absurd thought -
your Supreme God says
always respect journalists

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